DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,065

SHOPKO STORES OPERATING CO., LLC
INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SKO GROUP HOLDING, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM CDW/BERBEE, HCL, ADECCO, ZYQUEST,
WATERMARK, AND ADTEC
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 10, 2010, on behalf of workers of ShopKo Stores
Operating Co., LLC, Information Services Division, a
subsidiary of SKO Group Holding, LLC, Green Bay, Wisconsin,
(ShopKo Stores). The workers provide information services for
internal use.
The investigation revealed that the worker group includes
on-site leased workers from CDW/Berbee, HCL, Adecco, Zyquest,
Watermark, and Adtec.
The investigation further revealed that workers of ShopKo
Stores who are engaged in employment related to providing
information services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined significantly during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the service supplied by the workers firm.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
information services from India by ShopKo Stores contributed
importantly to worker group separations at ShopKo Stores.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ShopKo Stores
Operating Co., LLC, Information Services Division, a
subsidiary of SKO Group Holding, LLC, Green Bay, Wisconsin,
who are engaged in employment related to providing information
services meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:










"All workers of ShopKo Stores Operating Co., LLC,
Information Services Division, a subsidiary of SKO Group
Holding, LLC, including on-site leased workers from
CDW/Berbee, HCL, Adecco, Zyquest, Watermark, and Adtec,
Green Bay, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 7, 2009, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 30th day of August, 2010.

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance